Aging

Walking into a thrift store and seeing toys I played with behind glass and marked as antiques.

The children I used to be a nanny for in my 20’s,

now they are grown, one is in the service, one is getting married and one is married with two children of her own.

I remember my mother complaining because she got an AARP membership letter at 50. We laughed and teased her about it. She barely made it over 61

and now I’m getting the letters to join.

Oh well the world has turned

And I did yearn for a life

But once I learned how hot the sun doth burn

I stopped in sadness and just let

Life

Go.